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Stretch Your Dollar With Chicken Teriyaki

This post is an example of how you can stretch your dollar with chicken teriyaki. Chicken, Sauce, Vegetables, and Rice makes for a delicious and quick meal.

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chicken and pork teriyaki dish

Stretch Your Dollar

How do I stretch my dollar using this recipe? Well, I start out with canned chicken teriyaki and add to it. This also makes it very easy to make. I add extra meat and bean sprouts. This time, I used pork tenderloin. I had purchased some on sale and the tenderloin was very large, so I portioned it smaller and froze it. The rest I had in my canned good pantry.

Country Living

We live out in the country. The closest larger town is 30 miles away. This can be a good thing, we love living in the country. However, our local grocery store that is four miles away closes at noon on Sunday. I still have to come up with something to feed the family Sunday evening; therefore, you need to have options that you can quickly pull out of your back pocket.

Cooked chicken teriyaki with pork

Food delivery is not an option for us, we live too far out of town. Therefore, if I do not have time to run to the grocery store during the week and purchase fresh or frozen, we need to figure out how to do without. Additionally, sometimes it is just nice to have a simple and tasty meal that tastes good while helping us stretch our dollars.This Chicken Teriyaki is flavorful, with a crunchy texture because of the bean sprouts and chow mein. It is very filling and satisfying and easy on the budget too.

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Stretch Your Dollar With Chicken Teriyaki

Start with canned chicken teriyaki and add to it. I add extra meat and bean sprouts.

Prep Time10mins

Cook Time25mins

Total Time35mins

Course: Main Dish

Cuisine: Asian

Keyword: chicken, Pork, recipe, vegetables

Servings: 6people

Ingredients

114 oz cansauce-Asian styleit is the smaller can of the two-can LaChoy Chicken Teriyaki Combination with Dark Meat and Sauce

128 oz canvegetablesdrained. it is the larger can of the two-can LaChoy Chicken Teriyaki Combination with Dark Meat and Sauce

214 oz. cansbean sproutsdrained.

8oz. meat(cubed) chicken or pork or beef, whatever you prefer or have on hand

saltto taste

pepperto taste

LaChoy Teriyaki Marinade and Sauceto taste on top of the dish when plating

LaChoy Chow Mein Noodlesto taste on top of the dish when plating

Rice

2cupswater

2cupsminute rice

Instructions

Chicken and Pork Teriyaki

Start with the additional meat. In this case, I used pork. I cubed the pork and fried it in a cast iron skillet. Salt and pepper to taste. Make sure not to overcrowd as the meat will not be able to brown and caramelize.
(timing note: I normally start the rice first and cook the meat and other ingredients while the microwave is doing the rice)

Here is a picture of the pork starting to brown and caramelize

Once the pork is brown and caramelized, add the drained bean sprouts and vegetables. Also, add the sauce. Mix and cook until it boils. Turn off heat.

Rice

In a microwave safe bowl, add 2 cups of water and 2 cups of the minute rice. I stir a bit to make sure that all the grains of rice are covered in the water.

Cook on high for 5 minutes uncovered

Let stand 1-2 minutes.

Plating

Serving spoon of rice first, then a serving spoon of the chicken and pork teriyaki. Finish that off with the chow mein noodles and teriyaki marinade.

Notes

This dish also keeps well in the refrigerator. I like to store the rice separate from the chicken and pork teriyaki dish.

storing chicken teriyaki dish and rice separately

In order to reheat, I put a spoon of each on a plate and microwave approximately 1 – 1 1/2 minutes. Then sprinkle on the chow mein noodles and teriyaki marinade sauce.

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